​Understanding Disparate Responses to International Political Violence: Why Race Matters.​

In the wake of what were almost simulataneous ISIS attacks in Paris and Beirut in November 2015, there was a noticeable difference in international responses to two atrocities committed by the same group. To try to understand why the ISIS attacks on Paris and Beirut did not lead to the same international outcry, Noah Bassil asks whether there is an underlying racial explanation.